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H; A. STAAB.

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APPLICATION FILED JAN. 24,1921.

Patented Nov. 15, 1921.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 15, 1%21.

Application filed January 24, 1921.' Serial No; 439,548.

To all whom it mag concern Be it known that I, HENRY A. STAAB, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clips;

and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

This invention relates to an improved clip which may be used for securing sheets of paper, bills or the like to prevent the same from being disarranged or scattered.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a device of this kind which will be durable, and the parts of which may not become easily separated or broken.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device which will hold the articles placed therein more securely than other devices of this nature.

My device is obviously capable of many modifications and it will be understood that it comprises all such modifications Which fall within the scope of the appended claims.

In describing my invention, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings in which,

Figure 1 is a plan view of one form of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 3 is a plan view of a modified form of the invention.

In the drawings, the numeral 5 designates a base which may be made in the form of a rectangle with sleeves 6 formed in the ends of the side portions, and in the form illustrated in Fig. 1 an intermediate sleeve 7 is provided in each side. A pair of wire frames 8 and 9 of substantially rectangular form are journaled in the sleeves, one frame being journaled at each side of the base. Each of the wire frames is formed of a single piece of wire, the ends of which meet within the sleeve 7 Between the sleeves, offset portions 10 are formed to prevent displacement of the frame. The frame 8 is provided at its corners adjacent to the side, which is journaled in the sleeves 6 and 7 with lugs 11, which in the present instance, take the form of a return bend formed in the wire itself. These lugs furnish a convenient means for securing the ends of the springs 12, which are coiled about the side member of the frame,

the spring 12 in the form shown in Fig. 1 consisting of two coils, one at each side of the base 5 and connected the intermediate portion 13. The ends of the spring are secured on the lugs 11 and the spring is tensioned so as to urge the frame toward the base 5. The other wire frame 9 is provided with similar lugs 15, which not only provide means for retaining the spring which controls the frame 9, but also provides an abutment against which the outer portion of the frame 8 normally rests. The outer portion of the frame 9 passes be tween the sides of the frame 8 and is provided at its outer end with the lugs or re: turn bends 16, which prevent the frames from becoming separated from each other.

In the modification shown in Fig. 3, the intermediate sleeve 7 is omitted and the ends of the wire, which forms the wire frame, are turned laterally as shown at 17 to provide an abutment for the intermediate portions of the spring 18 and also to prevent the wire frame from being pulled out of the sleeves.

It will be noted that the form illustrated in Fig. 1 is wider than the form shown in Fig. 3, and therefore adapted for sheets of considerable width, while the form shown in Fig. 3 may be conveniently used for holding narrow strips, neck ties and the like.

I claim as my invention:

1. A clip comprising a base provided with a sleeve at each side, wire frames journaled at one side in the sleeves, one frame being tending toward the other side thereof, a spring urging the extending side ofeach frame toward said base, one of said wire frames extending through the other frame and provided on its outer end with laterally extending lugs to prevent its removal from the outer frame. I

2. A clip comprising a base provided with a sleeve at each side, wire frames journaled at one side in the sleeves, one frame being journaled at each side of the base and extending toward the other side thereof, a spring urging the extending side of each frame toward said base, one of said wire frames extending through the other frame and provided on its outer end with laterally extending lugs to prevent its removal therefrom, and having lugs extending laterally from its hinged end to form abutments on which the outer end of the other frame norournaled at each side of the base and eX- mally rests, said lugs consisting of integral return bends formed in the wire;

3. A clip comprising a base provided with a plurality of sleeves at each side, Wire frames journaled at one side in the sleeves and provided with an olfset portion between the sleeves to secure the same against removal therefrom, one frame being journaled at each side of the base and extending toward the other side thereof, and a coil spring urging the extending side of each frame toward said base, one of said wire frames extending through the other frame and provided on its ends with lugs laterally extending to prevent its removal therefrom.

4. A clip comprising a base provided with a plurality of sleeves at each side thereof, wire frames journaled at one side in the sleeves and being provided with an offset portion between the sleeves to secure the 20 same against removal therefrom, one frame being journaled at each side of the base and extending toward the other side thereof, and a single coil spring surrounding the journaled portion of each wire frame and urg- 2 ing the extendin side thereof toward said base, a portion 0 said coil spring being disposed on each side of said offset portion, one of said wire frames extending through the other frame and provided on its ends with laterally extending lugs to prevent its removal therefrom, said lugs consisting of integral return bends formed in the wire.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my'hand at Milwaukee, 35 in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin.

HENRY A. STAAB. 

